• Summary and Committee Structures List
• Officers, 2013
• Directors, 2013
• Administrative Staff, 2013
• Special Chairmen, 2013
• Committee Members - 2013
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• List of past AHS Presidents and years in office

AHS Officers and Committees Summary, 2013

President – Julie Covington
Vice President – Richard Rosen
Chief Financial Officer – John H. (Bob) Martin

Executive Committee
        Richard Rosen, Vice President and Scientific Studies
        John H. (Bob) Martin, Chief Financial Officer and Finance and Compensation
        Rebecca Board, Registrations and Technology
        Lois Hart, Publications
        Bill Maryott, Marketing and Membership
        Gisela Meckstroth, Regional Officers
        Donna Peck, Ombudsman and Policy and Procedures

Committee/Special Committee/Administrative Staff Structure

President -– Julie Covington
. . . . Audit Committee - Members of the Board
. . . . Parliamentarian, General Counsel - Bret Clement

Awards & Honors – Melodye Campbell
. . . . Garden Judges Expediter – Gary Jones
. . . . Photography and Video Awards - Andrea Weaver

Educational Outreach - Nan Ripley
. . . . AHS Archives & History Committee - Ken Cobb
. . . . Photographic Media - Nikki Schmith
. . . . Popularity Poll – Terri Money
. . . . AHS E News – Elizabeth Trotter (and Marketing)
. . . . Display Gardens – Mary Lou Lundblade

Exhibitions - Barbara Kirby
. . . . Exhibition Judges Records – Joann Stewart

Exhibition Judges Expediter – Betty Roberts

Finance & Compensation – John H. “Bob” Martin
. . . . Treasurer (Finance) – Kyle Billadeau
. . . . Endowments (Finance) – Kathleen Schloeder

Garden Judges Records – Pat Soileau

Judges’ Education – Nancy Falck
. . . . Exhibition Judges Records – Joann Stewart
. . . . Garden Judges Expediter – Gary M. Jones

Long Range Planning and Special Projects – Marcia Zech
. . . . Conventions – Eddie Raye Andrews

Marketing and Membership – Bill Maryott
. . . . Executive Secretary – Pat Mercer
. . . . International Membership – Maureen Strong
. . . . Youth – Kathy D’Alessandro
. . . . Information Facilitator – MaryAnn Pruden
. . . . AHS E-News – Elizabeth Trotter (and Educational Outreach)

Ombudsman, and Policies & Procedures - Donna Peck

Publications – Lois Hart
. . . . Executive Editor & Advertising Sales Manager,
        The Daylily Journal – Meg McKenzie Ryan
. . . . Publication Services Manager – Jimmy Jordan
. . . . Round Robins – Judie Branson

Regional Officers – Gisela Meckstroth

Registration – Rebecca Board
. . . . Registrar – Kevin P. Walek
. . . . Name Approval – Gary Rieben
        AHS Registration database on CD – John Eiseman
        Historic Daylilies Sub-committee - Debbie Monbeck, Chair
. . . . Webmaster – Tim Fehr
      
Scientific Studies – Richard Rosen

Technology – Rebecca Board
. . . . Webmaster – Tim Fehr
. . . . Portal General Manager – Mary Collier Fisher
              Portal Community Manager – MaryAnn Pruden
              Portal Director – Mike Longo
              Portal Membership Manager – Sandy Holmes        

President

*Julie Covington
4909 Labradore Drive
Roanoke, VA 24012-8537
540-977-1704

Vice President

*Richard Rosen
417 Wapping St.
Frankfort, KY 40601
502-352-4210   Cell: 512-917-4467
vicepresident@daylilies.org

Chief Financial Officer

*John H. Martin (Bob)
1636 Sunset Avenue
Orange City, FL 32763
cfo@daylilies.org
(386) 775-0726

Special Chairmen, 2013
(Overseeing Committees are shown in parentheses)

Audit Committee (President)
       Board of Directors

AHS Archives and History Committee (Educational Outreach)
Ken Cobb
       7301 Grist Mill Road
       Raleigh, NC 27615
       919-847-0820
       archivist@daylilies.org

Conventions (Long Range Planning)
       Eddie Raye Andrews
       P.O. Box 167
       Waller, TX 77484
       936-931-3846
       conventions@daylilies.org

Display Gardens and Daylily Cities (Education Outreach)
       Mary Lou Lundblade
       511 W. Ness
       Valley Center, KS 67147-4920
       316-755-1964
       displaygardens@daylilies.org
       From Dec. 1 to Apr. 1:
       Unit 202
       102 E. Pleasant St.
       Avon Park, FL 33825
       863-452-2612
           
Endowments (Finance)
       Kathleen Schloeder
       2501 St. John Place
       Alexandria, VA 22311
       703-671-6635
       endowments@daylilies.org

Exhibition Judges Records (Exhibitions and Judges Education)
       Joann Stewart
       2300 Simonton Bridge Rd.
       Watkinsville, GA 30677-2167
       706-769-7652
       exhibitionjudges@daylilies.org

E-News (Educational Outreach and Marketing)
       Elizabeth Trotter
       421 Mt Gilead Road
       Georgetown, KY  40324-8936
       502-857-8936
       daylilyenews@daylilies.org

Garden Judges Expediter (Awards and Honors and Judges Education)
       Gary Jones
       40 Woodstock Meadows
       Woodstock, CT 06281
       860-928-0198
       gardenworkshops@daylilies.org

Historic Daylilies Sub Committee (Registration)
       Debbie Butler Monbeck
       2700 Switzer RD
       Frankfort, KY 40601
       502-695-3178
       historic@daylilies.org

Information Facilitator (Marketing)
       Mary Ann Pruden
       15 Kellocks Road
       Hummelstown, PA  17036
       717-220-1918
       Info@daylilies.org

International Membership Chair (Membership)
       Maureen Strong
       48 Lakeshore Drive
       Stoney Creek, ON Canada L8E 5C7
       905-643-3271 Fax: same number
       international@daylilies.org

Photographic Media (Educational Outreach)
       Nikki Schmith
       424 Pheasant Court
       Worden, IL 62097
       248-739-9006
       photographicmedia@daylilies.org

Popularity Poll (Educational Outreach)
       Terri Money
       4007 St. Hwy. 134E
       Headland, AL 36345
       334-693-3055
       poppoll@daylilies.org

Round Robins (Publications)
       Judith (Judie) Branson
       230 Woodland Avenue
       Springdale, AR 72762
       479 841-6173
       roundrobins@daylilies.org

Video and Photographic Awards Subcommittee (Awards and Honors)
       Andrea Weaver
       6935 E 35 ST N
       Wichita, KS 67226
       316-683-5877
       photographyawards@daylilies.org

Youth (Membership)
       Kathy D'Alessandro
       2076 Silo Lane
       East Greenville, PA 18041
       215-679-8910
       youth@daylilies.org

AHS Portal Staff, 2013
General Manager (Technology)
       Mary Collier Fisher
       32 Mylod Street
       Walpole, MA 02081
       508-668-7399
       portalgeneralmanager@daylilies.org

Portal Community Manager
       MaryAnn Pruden
       15 Kellocks Road
       Hummelstown, PA  17036
       717-220-1918
       portalcommunitymanager@daylilies.org

Portal Director
       Mike Longo
       P.O. Box 28
       Papaikou, HI  96781
       808-964-3283
       portaldirector@daylilies.org

Portal Membership Director
       Sandy Holmes
       1950 North Regent Park
       Bellbrook, OH 45305
       937-287-8122
       portalmembership@daylilies.org

Portal Community Calendar
       Claude Carpenter
       portalcommunitycalendar@daylilies.org

AHS 2013 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS

Archives and History Committee:  Ken Cobb (NC) Archivist/Historian, Chair; Judie Branson (AR); Betsey Clark (ME); Patsy Cunningham (RI); Sharon Cusick (OH); Rachel Flaksman (RI); Ray Houston (TX); Elizabeth Trotter (KY); John Ware (VA); and all Regional Archivists/Historians

Awards and Honors Committee:  Melodye Campbell (NY), Chair; Don Herr (PA); Tim Herrington (GA); Steve Horan (MN); Tee Money (AL); Bill Monroe (LA); Christine Petersen (NY); and Andrea Weaver (KS)

Compensation Committee:  Bob (John) Martin (FL), Chief Financial Officer, Chair; Rebecca Board (NC), Registrations and Technology; Julie Covington (VA), President; Bill Maryott (CA), Membership; and Lois Hart (KS), Publications

Conventions:  Eddie Raye Andrews (TX), Chair

Display Gardens Committee:  Mary Lou Lundblade (KS/FL), Chair; Judi Aucoin (AL), Paul Aucoin (AL); and Dorothian Meyer (MI)

E-News: Elizabeth Trotter (KY), Chair; Sue Bergeron (ON, Canada); Ken Cobb (NC);  Julie Covington (VA), AHS President; David Kirchhoff (KY); Nikki Schmith (IL); and John Ware (VA)

Educational Outreach Committee:  Nan Ripley (IA), Chair; Susan Bergeron (ON, Canada); Linda Day (IA); Don Lovell (IA); Bill Maryott (CA); Donna Peck (NM);Karen Pierce (FL); and Nikki Schmith (IL)

Endowments Committee:  Kathleen Schloeder (VA), Chair;  Ed Herringshaw (LA); Ottis Houston (FL); Gayle Nipper (FL); Gilbert Stelter, Canada;  and Marcia Zech (WA)

Exhibitions Committee: Barbara Kirby (GA), Chair; Nancy Falck (AL); Paulette Miller (VA); Nikki Schmith (IL); Joann Stewart, (GA) and Marion Tyus (GA)

Exhibition Judges Clinics Expediter: Betty Roberts (CO), Chair; Nancy Falck (AL); Barbara Kirby (GA); and Joann Stewart (GA)

Exhibitions Judges’ Records:  Joann Stewart (GA), Chair; Barbara Kirby (GA); Eloise Koonce (AZ); and Nikki Schmith (IL)

Finance Committee: Bob (John) Martin, Chief Financial Officers, Chair; Kyle Billadeau (MN), Treasurer, Julie Covington (VA), Nancy Falck (AL); Mary Collier Fisher (MA), David Jewell ( ON, Canada), AHS President; Kathleen Schloeder (VA ), Endowments; Gary Rieben (UT); and Kevin Walek (VA)

Garden Judges Records: Pat Soileau (LA), Chair and all Regional Garden Judges Liaisons

Garden Judges Expediter: Gary Jones (CT)

Historic Daylilies Sub Committee of Registration: Debbie Butler Monbeck (KY) Chair; Gil Stelter (ON, Canada); LaVere Webster (MI); Linda Sue Barnes (NC); Bryce Farnsworth (ND), Clayton Burkey (PA) and John Ware (VA)

Information Facilitator and Member Portal Community Manager: MaryAnn Pruden (PA)

International Membership: Maureen Strong (ON, Canada), Chair

Judges’ Education: Nancy Falck (AL), Chair; Gary Jones (CT); Barbara Kirby (GA); Betty Roberts (CO)); Pat Soileau (LA); Joann Stewart (GA)

Long Range Planning Committee: Marcia Zech (WA), Chair; Eddie Rae Andrews, Conventions (TX); Randall Barron (OK); Kyle Billadeau (MN); Pat Loveland (OR); Pat Soileau (LA); and Maureen Strong (ON, CA)

Marketing and Membership Committee:  William Maryott (CA), Chair; Charles Dorsey (OH);  Joe Ghio (CA);  Donna Peck (NM)Maureen Strong (ON, Canada); and Elizabeth Trotter (KY)

Members Portal Management: Mary Collier Fisher (MA), General Manager; Sandy Holmes (OH); Portal Backend Membership Manager; Mike Longo (HI), Portal Technical Director; Pat Mercer, Executive Secretary, Membership; MaryAnn Pruden (PA), Portal Community Manager

Ombudsman:  Donna Peck (NM), Chair; Susan Bergeron (CA); Michael Bouman (MO); Eloise Koonce (AZ); Bill Maryott (CA): Gwen Pennington (TX); and Gary Rieben (UT)

Photographic Media:  Nikki Schmith (IL), Chair

Photography and Video Awards Subcommittee of Awards and Honors: Andrea Weaver (KS), Chair; Oliver Billingslea (AL); Harry Gregory (KS); Nikki Schmith (IL)

Policy & Procedures:  Donna Peck (NM), Chair; and Maureen Valenza (TX)

Popularity Poll:  Tee Money (AL), Chair; All Regional Publicity Directors and Regional Popularity Poll Tabulators

Publications Committee:  Lois Hart (KS), Chair; Bob Martin (FL), CFO and Finance Chair; Marcia Zech (WA),  Long Range Planning Chair; Kyle Billadeau (MN); Oliver Billingslea (AL); David Kirchhoff (KY); Mary C. Fisher, (MS); Brenda Macy (KY); Non-voting members: Meg McKenzie Ryan (CA), Sr. Editor, The Daylily Journal; Jimmy Jordan (TN), Publication Services Manager; Tim Fehr (WI), Webmaster; Elizabeth Trotter (KY), E-News Editor;  Bret Clement (IN), General Counsel; Julie Covington (VA), AHS President (Ex-Officio)

Regional Officers Committee:  Gisela Meckstroth (OH), Chair; Ken Cobb (NC) Newsletter Awards Subcommittee Chair; All Regional Officers and Regional Editors

Registration Committee:  Rebecca Board (NC), Chair; Gary Rieben (UT), Name Review Subcommittee of Registrations, Chair; Gary Colby (CA), Gail Korn (NB); Melanie Mason (NY); Lanny Morry (ON, Canada); Maureen Strong (ON, Canada); Bob Schwarz (NY); and Kevin Walek (VA), Registrar

Round Robins:  Judie Branson (AR,) Chair ; Mark Breaux (LA); Audra Burns (MI); Mark Cook (FL); Sharon Fitzpatrick (OH);  David Hansen (NE); Cheryl Miller (IA); Janet Quarles (KY); Jill Reynolds (WI);  Charmaine Rich (VT); Cynthia Stilphen (ME); Carol Trego (PA); Robert M. Turley (LA)

Scientific Studies Committee: Richard Rosen (KY), Chair; Dr. Linda Sue Barnes (NC); Sue Bergeron (ON, Canada); Dr. Maurice Dow (ON Canada); Dr. Gus Guzinski (MI); Dr. Pat Crooks Henley (OH); Mike Huben (MA); Pat Loveland (OR); Dr. Wayne J. McLaurin (MS); Charmaine Rich (VT); Patrick Stamile (CA); and all regional liaisons

Technology Committee:  Rebecca Board (NC), Chair; Dr. Maurice Dow (ON, Canada); Tim Fehr (WI); Mary Collier Fisher (MA); Mike Longo (HI); MaryAnn Pruden (PA)

The Daylily Journal Editorial Board: Bret Clement (IN), General Counsel; Mary Collier Fisher (MA), Member-at-Large; Julie Covington (VA), AHS President; Mike Huben (MA), Assistant Editor for Horticulture ; David Kirchhoff (KY), Assistant Editor at Large; Lois Hart (KS), Publications Chair; Margo Reed (VA), Member-at-large; Nikki Schmith, Member-at-Large; and Kevin P. Walek (VA), AHS Registrar

The Daylily Journal Proofreaders: Mary Collier Fisher (MA); Jane Unger (WV); and John Ware (VA)

Youth Committee:  Kathy D’Alessandro (PA), Chair; Audra Burns (MI); Lisa Klette (OH); Betty Roberts (CO); Elizabeth Shooter (SC); Grace Stamile (CA); Patrick Stamile (CA); Elliot Turkiew (NY); and Wendy Nicholds (ON, Canada)

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